December 11, 2020

[New Post] MIT 6.824: Lecture 19 - Bitcoin

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Bitcoin

Following the lecture on Certificate Transparency, we are exploring Bitcoin, another open system comprising mutually untrustworthy components.

Bitcoin is a digital currency for making online payments. I'll start this post by making a case for digital currencies, before describing Bitcoin and how it solves the double-spending problem.

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